THE ROAD MAP:WILDLY IMPROVE YOUR SHORT STORY

1- QUESTIONNAIRE

Questions about your behind-the-scenes thought process will have you thinking about your story in new ways.

2. AN IN-DEPTH EDITORIAL LETTER

This addresses the important parts of your story. Is the reader hooked to your narrator? Do you need more/less background information? Are characters credible and complex? Does the ending feel satisfying?

3- COMMENTS IN THE MARGIN OF YOUR STORY

Specific examples will help to guide your revisions. We'll mark areas where you can expand your story, highlight paragraphs that could be woven in elsewhere, point out where you are telling vs. showing, note clichéd phrases, and call out characters that are too simple.